In the only match in August Russia lost against Northern Ireland and lost its golden seat in Group F. Russia is still in the lead in the sense that if they win remaining four games, they'll win the group. But they cannot afford to lose any more points unless both Israel and Portugal lose points too. Key games will be Israel's games against Russia (Sep 10) and Portugal (Oct 11).

Country Pld Pts
Portugal  7    14
Russia    6    12
Israel      6    11

Country	Qualify	Aug-01	Mar-01	Champ	Aug-01	Mar-01
Brazil	100	+0.0	+0.0	25.6	+0.0	+0.0
Japan	100	+0.0	+0.3	0.38	+0.0	-0.0
South Korea	100	+0.0	+4.9	0.25	+0.0	+0.0
Australia	100	+0.0	+5.1	0.14	+0.0	+0.0
Iran	100	+0.0	+25.1	0.018	+0.0	+0.0
Argentina	99.999	-0.0	+0.0	8	+0.0	+0.0
Netherlands	99.992	+0.0	+0.6	4.8	+0.0	+0.0
Germany	99.87	-0.0	+1.3	13.1	+0.0	+0.1
Colombia	99.64	+0.0	+0.2	1.41	-0.0	-0.0
Spain	99.57	+0.0	+0.3	30	-0.1	+0.0
United States	99.35	+0.0	+25.3	0.09	+0.0	+0.0
Italy	98.02	+0.0	+3.3	1.84	-0.0	+0.0
Switzerland	97.99	-0.0	+5.4	0.24	+0.0	+0.0
Ecuador	97.39	+0.0	+0.5	0.6	-0.0	+0.0
Mexico	96.85	-0.0	-1.6	2.29	+0.0	+0.0
England	93.6	+0.0	-2.7	4.5	+0.0	-0.1
Chile	93.5	+0.0	+22.1	0.29	+0.0	+0.1
Russia	91.5	-6.9	-6.0	1.18	-0.1	-0.1
Ivory Coast	89.8	+0.1	+4.8	0.67	+0.0	+0.0
Costa Rica	88.4	-0.1	+45.2	0.006	-0.0	+0.0
Portugal	81.4	+4.6	+4.9	2.16	+0.2	+0.1
Egypt	78	+0.1	+6.4	0.025	+0.0	+0.0
Croatia	76.7	+0.1	-4.7	0.72	+0.0	-0.0
Bosnia and Herzegov	75.5	+0.1	+27.4	0.035	+0.0	+0.0
Belgium	70.7	+0.1	+26.0	0.1	+0.0	+0.0
France	68.3	+0.0	-1.5	0.49	+0.0	-0.0
Greece	67.7	+0.2	-13.9	0.15	+0.0	-0.0
Tunisia	64.7	+0.0	+9.1	0.002	+0.0	+0.0
Nigeria	62.4	+0.0	+2.6	0.003	+0.0	+0.0
Ghana	60.2	+0.1	+35.6	0.007	-0.0	+0.0
Sweden	50	-0.2	-16.5	0.51	-0.0	-0.2
Honduras	48.8	+0.0	-16.8	0.004	-0.0	-0.0
Uruguay	43.1	+0.2	-16.8	0.21	-0.0	-0.1
New Zealand	36	+0.1	+0.8	0.0003	-0.0	-0.0
Algeria	34.4	+0.1	+17.9	0.0002	+0.0	+0.0
Ukraine	28.4	+0.3	+24.1	0.014	+0.0	+0.0
Panama	27.8	+0.0	-16.6	0.006	+0.0	+0.0
Venezuela	26.2	-0.1	-11.6	0.01	-0.0	-0.0
Cameroon	25.3	+0.0	+7.7	0.0002	-0.0	-0.0
Romania	24.9	+0.3	-1.7	0.03	+0.0	-0.0
Senegal	21.1	-0.1	+4.5	0	+0.0	-0.0
Czechia	18.1	+0.0	-6.1	0.021	-0.0	-0.0
Peru	16.2	+0.0	+11.0	0.004	-0.0	+0.0
Uzbekistan	13.8	+0.0	-30.3	0.0003	+0.0	-0.0
Norway	13	+0.2	-19.1	0.006	+0.0	-0.0
Burkina Faso	12.6	+0.0	+10.3	0	+0.0	+0.0
Zambia	12	-0.1	-23.9	0.0002	+0.0	-0.0
Ethiopia	11.7	-0.1	+8.5	0	+0.0	+0.0
Libya	11.6	+0.0	-4.7	0	+0.0	-0.0
Jordan	10.1	+0.0	+8.8	0	-0.0	-0.0
Bulgaria	8.5	+0.1	+6.0	0.001	+0.0	+0.0
Gabon	8.4	+0.0	-9.8	0	+0.0	+0.0
Ireland	7.1	+0.1	+2.3	0.004	+0.0	+0.0
Uganda	6.7	-0.1	-1.3	0	+0.0	+0.0
Hungary	6.6	+0.1	+0.2	0.001	+0.0	+0.0
Serbia	5.4	+0.0	-4.7	0.001	+0.0	-0.0
Montenegro	5.4	+0.1	-5.6	0.0001	-0.0	-0.0
Poland	3.06	-0.0	-7.9	0.001	+0.0	-0.0
Jamaica	2.76	-0.0	-35.9	0	-0.0	-0.0
Israel	1.85	+0.7	+0.6	0.0001	+0.0	+0.0
Austria	1.74	+0.0	+1.6	0	+0.0	+0.0
Malawi	1.25	+0.0	+0.4	0	+0.0	+0.0
Albania	1.01	-0.0	+0.8	0	+0.0	+0.0
Iceland	0.88	+0.0	+0.6	0	+0.0	+0.0
Denmark	0.85	-0.0	-11.1	0.002	+0.0	-0.0
Slovenia	0.76	+0.0	-0.2	0	+0.0	-0.0
Turkey	0.62	+0.0	-0.1	0.0002	-0.0	+0.0
Scotland	0.39	+0.0	-1.2	0	+0.0	+0.0
Finland	0.28	+0.0	+0.1	0	+0.0	+0.0
Slovakia	0.16	+0.0	-2.3	0	+0.0	-0.0
Congo	0.06	+0.0	-2.1	0	+0.0	+0.0
Wales	0.06	+0.0	-0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0
Paraguay	0.037	+0.0	-1.9	0.0001	+0.0	-0.0
Armenia	0.02	+0.0	-0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0
Bolivia	0.015	+0.0	-0.8	0	+0.0	+0.0
Lithuania	0.015	+0.0	-0.1	0	+0.0	+0.0
New Caledonia	0.005	+0.0	-0.5	0	+0.0	+0.0
Cyprus	0.003	-0.0	-0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0
Macedonia	0.002	+0.0	-0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0
Latvia	0.002	+0.0	-0.1	0	+0.0	+0.0
Estonia	0.001	+0.0	+0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0
Northern Ireland	0.001	+0.0	-0.0	0	+0.0	+0.0